Sudipta Seal has been named chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the University of Central Florida. The appointment, announced by Michael Georgiopoulos, dean, UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science, came after a search to fill the position that was held by Seal in an interim chair role since 2014.…

New American Society for Metals (ASM) International board members were elected at the Executive Board meeting on June 8, 2017. The new officers are: Chair – Chris Hauser, Universal Studios Vice Chair – Peiman Sadrabadi, Siemens Secretary – Aadithya Jeyaranjan, UCF MSE student Treasurer – Tengfei Jiang, UCF AMPAC/MSE Assistant Professor Web Administrator – Steve…

Congratulations to Dr. Sohn for receiving the UCF RIA award for his outstanding impact in research. UCF Research Incentive Awards (RIA) are available to faculty in the College of Arts and Humanities, College of Business Administration, College of Education, College of Engineering and Computer Science, College of Health and Public Affairs, College of Optics and…

Jinan Deng, Don Nadun Kuruppumullage, Alireza Hajibagheri, and Ming Miao have been selected for the Dissertation Completion Fellowship, a $10,000 award plus tuition support. These four students were nominated by Dr. Jiyu Fang, Dr. Olusegun J. Ilegbusi, Dr. Gita Sukthankar, and Dr. Juin J. Liou, respectively. Jinan Deng, a student in the Materials Science and…

UCF has established a chapter of the National Academy of Inventors. Several NSTC professors were inducted, including Dr. Sudipta Seal and Dr. Kevin Coffey. The inaugural members boast impressive contributions to innovation at UCF, holding 541 of UCF’s total 925 patents. Several members are already NAI Fellows, and will continue to work towards the organization’s…

Dr. Yongho Sohn has been selected as the Honorary Chairman and Plenary Speaker for the 13th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids. This illustrious honor places Dr. Sohn among a distinguished group of scholars, including Dr. Stan Veprek of the University of Munich, and Dr. Mysore Dayananda of Purdue University. The 13th International…

Elizabeth Barrios has been awarded the NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship as part of the 2016 fellows class. Barrios is a Ph.D. student in the MSE program. The goal of fellowship is to sponsor U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students who show significant potential to contribute to NASA’s goal of creating innovative new space…

Jinan Deng has received the 2016-2017 David T. & Jane M. Donaldson Memorial Scholarship, while Samuel Rhodes has received the grand prize for the Florida chapter of the American Vacuum Society poster competition during the 2016 FLAVS/FSM joint symposium. Both Ph.D. students are in Dr. Fang’s group. The David T. & Jane M. Donaldson Memorial…

Congratulations to Jiyu Fang on his recent promotion to Professor!

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